Pitfalls & benefits of anonymity?!

I think we all strive to be nice and kind and not rude and bossy. Sometimes with text it comes across that way .

I hope nobody would say I'm rude here. I go out of my way not to come across as being so.
I will occasionally express an opinion that I would keep to myself in RL.

I don't feel anonymous because of the good friends I have met at meet ups.I always try to be myself.

I try to be careful on all sites. I have seen some very nasty comments made on various threads sometimes to people clearly in distress and some people can be a tad judgemental?

I think I'm a little more strident, I do speak my mind at meetings etc about local issues , but I do slightly worry that I have become a little more sarcastic on this sight, & I think I need to remember a lot of us may be feeling a bit vulnerable at times, but then when I get what I deem as a harsh reaction I feel the red mist descending & get a bit defensive in my replies ! We are only human after all as the saying goes! Imagine how our MPs must feel, but no doubt someone will tell me they get paid enough to put up with it lol

Yes me too

I’m never rude, I hope. I don’t think I’m different here than in the flesh. I say what I think here just as I would face to face.

I'd like to think I'm the same in real life as I am on here. I certainly hope I'm not as 'forthright' as some seem determined to be, regardless the tone of thread .

no ,not more rude...I hope.But more open,I have said things here that close friends dont know and thats good.Its sometimes helpful to have a "stranger" to talk to about things you wouldn't want to worry family or friends with